What’s Behind a NINJA Mask.?. HEAVEN,..Of Course.!.

HEAVENS ABOVE… THERE NINJA BE. Beyond what is known of the NINJA’s recent history lies the enigma of a LEGEND. The history of the NINJA begins with a race of unknown WARRIORS… which Shiro seeks and searches to reveal a long forgotten link with creatures divine indeed it seems. THE ORIGINAL NINPO LEGEND RETOLD.

HEAVENS ABOVE… THERE NINJA BE. Beyond what is known of the NINJA’s recent history lies the enigma of a LEGEND. The history of the NINJA begins with a race of unknown WARRIORS… which Shiro seeks and searches to reveal a long forgotten link with creatures divine indeed it seems. THE ORIGINAL NINPO LEGEND RETOLD.

This of Our World LEGENDs is the first.

NINPO LEGEND.

Do You Have a Dream.?. photocredit/thanks:picturequotes

The first that Shiro retells.

…A WHITE… SHIRO NINJA INDEED… KUNOICHI STYLE THIS BE.

Another Shiro Ninja it seems. photocredit/thanks:youtube

What’s BEHIND

a NINJA Mask.?.

HEAVEN,.. Of Course.!.

Sensei Mitrou in center front at a Ninpo Training Seminar. Shiro… is same front row… second in from the Right side. photocredit/thanks:bujinkan

This LEGEND is the first. From many perspectives.

Seeking and sifting the shifting sea sands of Ancient JAPAN…

Shiro…

comes HOME.

NINPO LEGENDS are numerous, lively and with a naturalistic intent.

If a SHINOBI of yore took the time and effort to write such down (esp. when one considers the then Education System,.. NONE.)… SHIRO, student of NINPO…

takes a peek. Sometimes two… or more indeed.

The realisation that ties this together is that… AT SOME TIME, SOME WHERE…

MASKED MENTORS.

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW:

History tells of many Cultures, Traditions and Legends repeating oft the Tale of the ANGELS. Although names and forms vary slightly, the overall impression remains. A number of RELIGIONS know full well their version.

Shiro tends to be inclined to place this RACE…

as a MUTANT FORM…

caused by/or something similar to that of the DINOSAURS and GIANTS.

This divine or not,.. Civilisation has long been erased from our sight.

photocredit/thanks:pinterest

Only the mystery and tantalising scraps of evidence behold their Legacy left now.

The precise ORIGIN is unclear… though some have their preference indeed. The Ancient LEGENDS and Records indicate a World-Wide Cataclysm of some nature, followed by various LEADERS and so forth emerging… from.?. then aiding the dispirited populace in many forms and ways.

Not NATIVE it seems, many travelled far and fast, connected to the skies above.

Some were allies… some,.. not so much it seems.

LEAVING A LEGACY.

Effectively taking control of some of the larger populated areas,.. they endeavoured to initiate and instruct social, political, cultural, technical and religious changes, usually wide-ranging in scope and action.

LEGENDS.

By designing and encouraging regrowth of the civilisation remaining, they imparted much of KNOWLEDGE.

TRAINED BY TENGU.

TENGU (tiangou CH.) as noted in Wikipedia have been mentioned in the literature as far back as the 8th century. Weapon Training Scrolls such as the DENSHO “Saburi ryu Sojutsu” prominently display TENGU training/teaching with the NINJA.

The other main source of our TENGU knowledge are the classic JAPANESE Woodblock Prints- Known as“UKIYOE”.

These portray scenes, many martial in character with superb detail and stunning realism.

Artists such as Kuniyoshi Utagawa(1797-1861) and Yoshitoshi Tsukioka(1839-1892) produced many such scenes which feature the TENGU:

e.g. The training of Minamoto Yoshitsune, the renowned Samurai General of Kurama Temple/Mt. north of Kyoto, by the Great TENGU SOJOBO;

Yoshitsune’s famous duel with the Warrior-Monk Benkei on Gojo Bridge;

the meeting of Master Swordsman Kobayakawa Takakage with the TENGU of Mt. Hiko on the Island of Kyushu;

and the training of Martial Arts Master Tsukahara Bokuden by the TENGU SwordMaster HINAMARU ENKAI of Mt.Haguro.

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi: Kobayamawa Takakage debating with the Tengu of Mount Hiko, from – Hara Shobō…NINJA ORIGINS HISTORY AND Our World LEGENDS…TENGU…TRAINERS OF MANY ANCIENT NINJA photocredit/thanks:Honolulu Museum of Art

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi: Ushiwaka Maru (Yoshitsune) learns the martial arts from Sojobo, king of the Tengu – The Art of Japan- photocredit/thanks:Honolulu Museum of Art

SHAMANIC SHINOBI SENSEI.

… TENGU KING… GO INDEED. photocredit/thanks:Honolulu Museum of Art

Overtly SHAMANISTIC in appearance, portrayed with wings, bird like features beak/nose etc yet human in form. They inhabited the outback mountainous regions of ancient JAPANkeeping them safe/inaccessible from/to the SAMURAI standing armies of the time.

Often referred to as ” the mountain guardians/demon/priest/ghost” etc.

Highly skilled in BUDO (the arts of WAR) and various other LIFE skills.

Prominent Trees in these regions were often named as “Tengu no Tomarigi”= trees of TENGU SPIRIT and were NEVER to be cut down.

Characterised in LEGEND as ” playfully mischievous ” sometimes benevolent, sometimes not: much of the unexplainable was attributed to their actions( even now JAP. mothers use the TENGU as a “bogey man” for wayward children).

With wings and windswept hair; flight, teleportation, shamanic capabilities, novel physical and mental skills all adding to the LEGEND passed down to the student of the NINJA.

TENGU TRAVELS.

Moving on to the Origins of the TENGU one is led THRU the olden lands of China, Tibet, India, SE Asia and the like though none seemed to claim a HOME for them.

So from “where” do they come…and “who” are they..?

With no real clues-all i could think of; is,

” what’s in a NAME..? ” …and soon/sure enough-

I was knocking on HEAVEN’s DOOR.

Checking the dictionary entries…TWICE…i found that:

Totoya Hokkei: Yamamba Watching Her Son Kintaro Shake Tengu from a Tree, left panel of a diptych Spring in the Mountains (Haru no yamamata) – photocredit/thanks:Legion of Honor

TEN= the HEAVENS & GU= a CREATURE … so a TENGU IS A…WINGED WARRIOR CREATURE FROM HEAVEN…

…akin to an Arch-ANGEL perhaps..? OR SHOULD THAT BE…FALLEN ANGEL?

Many of Our World Legends… include Angels indeed. By any name that is. photocredit/thanks:dreamstime

The LEGEND of theFallenAngels is quite well known in many places worldwide.

Though often given differing names these Angels are consistently mentioned in several major Religions–Fallen Angels/Djinn/Genies/Watchers/Angwusi/Neter/Igigi/Rebel Angels/Guayota/Garuda/Al-jann/Grigori/Nefilim/Kachina and so forth.

Mentioned in such as THE KUTHA TABLETS,THE BOOK OF GIANTS and THE BOOK OF ENOCH.

ANGELIC WARRIORS…

Fallen.

The threads of this Race and civilisation cover much of our EARTH according to Religious and other records. Their dispersal around the Globe appears explained by large scale cataclysms.

Though there was much destruction and loss of life-the records state that a number of safe havens

were reached & established.

The Kutha Tablets for example in it’s “LEGEND OF CREATION” originally recorded in the Chaldean/Babylonian city of Kutha at the Temple of Sitlam in the Sanctuary of the GOD NERGAL tell of a Race of Warrior Demons; of –

“ Men with the bodies of birds of the desert, human beings with the faces of ravens, these the GREAT GODS CREATED, and in the EARTH the GODS created for them a dwelling. TIAMAT gave unto them strength, their life, the MISTRESS OF THE GODS raised. In the midst of the EARTH they grew up and became GREAT and increased their number.

Seven KINGS, brothers of the same family, six thousand were there people“. (emphasis added)

photocredit/thanks:Robyn Buntin of Honolulu

photocredit/thanks:Artelino

In addition to the previous intel/info i also note:

photocredit/thanks:British Museum

—HUMANS are NOT…

THE ONLY RACECREATED BY THESE GODS.

A LIL SLICE OF HEAVEN.

–FOR… These Heavenly Creatures grew up

“in the midst of the Earth”…

= INNER EARTH..?

whilst THE BOOK OF ENOCH tells THIS:

“…SAMYAZA was their Leader. There were prefects of over 200 Angels…AZAZYEL taught men to make swords, knives, shields, breastplates…fabrication of mirrors…of bracelets and ornaments… use of paint…beautifying the eye-brows…use of stones of every valuable and select kind…all sorts of dyes…

has taught…upon EARTH and has disclosed to the world

ALL THE SECRET THINGS WHICH ARE DONE IN THE HEAVENS…”.

photocredit/thanks:Robyn Buntin of Honolulu

IN SUMMARY: the NINJA’s ORIGINAL MASTER INSTRUCTORS APPEAR ONE AND THE SAME AS THE GODS REBEL FALLEN ANGELS… and AZAZYEL IS A LEGEND…so…

Keep in MIND that everytime YOU SEE BEHIND A NINJA’s MASK-

YOU’re LOOKING AT A LIL’ SLICE OF HEAVEN.

NINPO LEGENDS IN DEED,.. INDEED AND IN FACT.

Njoy.Simple.

Swiped… That pesky air molecule that is. Heaven… indeed. gifcredit/thanks:youtube

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